New year, new house … effortlessly
New year, new house … effortlessly
If you want to enjoy a new home, but you don't want to get caught up in a complicated renovation or scratch your pocket too much, don't worry. Here are the keys to get it for little money and without big problems, and also some tricks and ideas for you to apply it throughout your home or just in a room.
Move things around
Move things around
Have you ever considered changing the sofa or the orientation of the bed? Dare and give the change. With something as simple as this you can give a radically new look to space without spending a dollar.
- Move it all. Not only the furniture, it is also very effective to move lamps and light points, as well as paintings and decorative details.
- Photograph it. One of the surefire tricks to get it right is to try different layouts, take photos of them, and then compare which placement you feel most comfortable with.
Change the layout
Change the layout
Don't be afraid to change the use of the rooms. Rethink the distribution. Perhaps the dining room occupies a privileged space and is hardly ever used. What if you turn it into a multipurpose area where you can be, work or study, as well as eat? For ideas, find out how to organize a study area (and keep it in order).
- Prioritize. Before doing the redistribution, think about what you need the most or makes you happy and redistribute the space accordingly.
Enhance the good … and hide the bad
Enhance the good … and hide the bad
You don't need to do anything extraordinary. Only take advantage of the positive and minimize the negative.
- Less is more. The essential key to empowering the good is to get rid of everything superfluous and leave only what is really worth it. If you have a very good decorative piece, place it in isolation to make it look more, instead of having it cornered or hidden among others.
- Divert attention. It consists of strategically placing attractive elements that make other unwanted items go unnoticed. That is, if you have something in your house that you are not interested in highlighting or that is not right (bad views, a deteriorated wall or floor …), put something that attracts attention and, rebound, downplay negative. Have you noticed, for example, that behind the pedestal of the plant in the image there is a chip in the wall?
- Yes to camouflage. It is like decoration makeup. It's about hiding and literally covering up what is wrong or you no longer want (but without getting rid of it). By covering surfaces, coatings and furniture, you make them look new or do not attract attention.
Play with the special effects
Play with the special effects
If you don't want to get involved with complicated works and renovations, you can also use some of these simple and effective decorative tricks, which are part of the special effects of the decoration.
- Mirrors to give more space. It is also one of the tricks to decorate your home with what you are going to take the most in 2020 for less than € 25.
- Rugs to cover floors, or even walls (such as the headboard of a bed, for example).
- Curtains and blinds to hide views.
- Indoor plants and flowers to attract attention.
- Artistic pieces to divert attention.
- Covers to cover sofas, armchairs and chairs.
Infallible allies
Infallible allies
You also have other decorative resources to renovate your home for very little.
- Textiles. Just by changing the bed linen, the bedroom already has another air. So as not to spend almost, you can change the sofa cover, the curtains …
- Painting. Along with wallpaper (one of the decoration trends of 2020 that is easy to copy in your home), it is one of the easiest and cheapest resources. Paint or wallpaper just a wall, a strip, a wainscot, the doors …
- Furniture. With storage furniture you can make the house more spacious. Put boxes under the bed or closet so they are not visible.
Good ideas to renovate the bathroom
Good ideas to renovate the bathroom
- In the bathroom, you can paint the tiles to avoid having to do any work, change the taps, renew the curtain with a very different design or add new fixtures.
Tricks to update the kitchen
Tricks to update the kitchen
- Apart from renovating the kitchen utensils, one of the possibilities you have in the kitchen is to paint the dashboard or the cabinets, but you can also choose to change only their fronts, since most have standard measures, or limit yourself to putting new handles in cabinets and drawers.
How to get a bedroom like new
How to get a bedroom like new
- In the bedroom, update the bedding, add or change the headboard, put a new lamp or save space by storing things in boxes on the closet and under the bed, or putting a shoe rack.
Give a new look to the hall
Give a new look to the hall
- At the entrance of the house, set up a place to leave the keys and correspondence. And if you have space, add hangers and a shoe rack to clear other rooms.